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I REPEAT TOKYOPOP HAS LICENSED HONKAI IMPACT 3RD: SECOND ERRUPTION.

WE WILL BE GETTING ENGLISH PHYSICAL COPIES OF HONKAI IMPACT 3RD: SECOND ERRUPTION

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

(announced at anime expo 2025. photo from @/MangaAlerts on twitter)

He is not his quiet-maxxing normalsona.

And how later, when Kaido and him were getting robbed, he just let it happen, and when they got the opening to run and Kaido got caught again and the thugs told him "you know we're going to beat up your friend, right?" he just kept running, fully willing to just get himself out of that situation.

Until Kaido expressed his relief that at least Saiki would be okay in his thoughts and he just... couldn't do it.

Like. He was trying SO hard not to care because last time he cared, his powers went out of control and he caused a disaster. And he's been in denial for so long about his friends being his friends because Akechi was his friend and his emotions got too compromised by that fact.

But he still couldn't do it, not when Kaido cared so sincerely about him.

PUNCH AND SLAP